
Well this class
of people who are neither under BPL to utilize some offers by government neither a lower
middle class henceforth always find themselves grinding between the two. And these workers are spread all across country
. But their prime heritage stays mostly in Bihar , Jharkhand and West Bengal. Staying away from their family
for months and sometimes even years and yet bringing just enough to home bear
the two times meal.
These conclusion strengthened due to survey in these places done in our college for
the construction mega hostel where around 2000 workers are hired , there being 95 % from Bihar and West Bengal. And among them 50% are in the age group 17 to 21. The age when we are enrolled into college they
are forced to become a worker. The age when i am busy writing blogs , watching movies , traveling new places they travel only 3000km to reach Kerala to get few hundreds more and remain doomed into this hell of physical work blended with only humiliation , disrespect , sometimes unexpected disease then expected only misfortunes.
I had intense conversation with few of them and most of
them were around 18.( for detailed discussion see - http://themissionbridge.wordpress.com/) And one thing remained common with all of them.
They all left their studies for their parents cant afford the education and
they had to earn to assist in his sister's marriage , father's health.
Sometimes doomed by prolonged frustrations they would run away from the family
and come here . And when they come here though they are toiling almost 14 hours
daily and earning just 5000rs every month . But this physical pain is far less
then that mental torture they have to face everyday.
And this becomes
chain , for most of these workers can
never earn enough to deliver education to their
Children and
ultimately they will help in rotation of this cycle of struggle and illiteracy.
And this indeed constitute a thick population portion of our country .
And the most
unfortunate part is that we don’t have any solution for this remedy. In fact
why will we have . In fact many of them reply me with this - "they work to
earn we also work to earn so whats the difference . And they are getting two
times meal isnt it enough ".
To repair this we don’t need any machine for machine can only correct not heal . We need more organization , people , awareness entering into these sections. Education for these sets of people should
be given some sort
of liberalization , financially. Because
when I talked to them I realized they lacked awareness. A need of education was
surely pending there. To change the present generation of workers
is almost impossible , but what is possible is
to teach their children , educate them , let them remain no more oblivious to
the world , people around . Let them exploit education
for healing their generation and their yet to come children. Then shall we
bring a gap in this chain constituting of education.For they are also Indian and above all human beings
like we you and them. Only mistake they did were they decided to born in poor
family .
Thanks to Stayfree
(http://www.facebook.com/sftimetochange)for giving me the opportunity to speak my heart out. To bring whatever
little awareness I contain. For sharing
good is in fact the only good and the only way to stay free forever . Free from
destitution , violence , hatred , discrimination , superstition .
Ending on the node with a line cited by Charlie Chaplin in movie "the great dictator" .... "LETS UNITE"..and....
Stayfree....